OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of user charges on the uptake of health services in low-
and middle-income countries. METHODS: A systematic search of 25 social science …

In Africa, user fees constitute a financial barrier to access to health services. Increasingly,
international aid agencies are supporting countries that abolish such fees. However, African …

People in poor countries tend to have less access to health services than those in better‐off
countries, and within countries, the poor have less access to health services. This article …

A lack of good quality evidence on the effect of alternative social policies in low-and middle-
income countries has been recently underlined and the value of randomized trials …

Background: The health seeking behaviour of a community determines how they use health
services. Utilisation of health facilities can be influenced by the cost of services, distance to …

There is currently considerable discussion between governments, international agencies,
bilateral donors and advocacy groups on whether user fees levied at government health …

Background Rural access to health care remains a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa due to
urban bias, social determinants of health, and transportation-related barriers. Health …

India's health financing system is a cause of and an exacerbating factor in the challenges of
health inequity, inadequate availability and reach, unequal access, and poor-quality and …

In a Lancet Series1 about child survival, the writers postulated that scaling up some cost-
effective health-care interventions would improve the health status of people in the …

Many low-and middle-income countries continue to search for better ways of financing their
health systems. Common to many of these systems are problems of inadequate resource …